Anchor clip



June 3,1969 s. GREGOIRE ANCHOR CLIP Filed Oct. 4, 1967 INVENTOR. liz sprS. GREGOIRE United States Patent Oflice 3,447,823 Patented June 3, 19693,447,823 ANCHOR CLIP Resta S. Gregoire, Rte. 3, Newport, Pa. 17074Filed Oct. 4, 1967, Ser. No. 672,915 Int. Cl. F16b 1/00; A47h 1/10 U.S.Cl. 287189.35 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relatesto anchor clips made of formed stiff sheet material having asubstantially rectangular body portion with means formed therefrom forfixing it to a support member, and a head portion at one end thereofwith a T-slot cut in it to form a pair of ears adapted for engagementover the opposite edges of a load member extending from said supportmember, said fixing means being adapted for attachment to said supportmember by actuation of said clip pivotally about its engagement over theedges of said load member to fix it to said support member.

The object of this invention is to provide a one-piece formed plate ofstiff sheet material with ears that may be readily locked over theopposite edges of a structural member adjacent its support member andwith means formed on it for attachment to the support member to fix themembers against relative displacement.

Another object is to make said attachment means by stamping out pointedcars from said plate and turning them normally thereto for driving intoa wooden support member.

Another object is to make said attachment means in a plate of resilientmaterial by turning the edge portion of the plate opposite said ears toform a ridge for resiliently clipping over a flange edge on a supportmember.

Other and more specific objects will appear in the following detaileddescription of these'anchor clips, as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side edge view of one form of the anchor clip applied to awooden member supporting a metal panel,

FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of this form of clip,

FIG. 3 is a side edge view of another form of anchor clip applied to ametal member supporting a metal panel,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of this form of clip,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the metal panel shown in FIGS. 1and 3, showing a portion of the clip,

FIG. 6 is a similar view of a metal panel having another form of ridgemember formed therein, and the ear portion having correspondingly formedears,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 2 of a modification, havingears formed as in FIG. 6, and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 4 of a modification havingears formed as in FIG. 6.

For fixing a structural member such as a metal panel 10 with a ridge 12supported by a wooden post 14 to said post, an anchor clip 16 is usedwith its ears 18 engaged over the lobes at the base of the triangularlyformed ridge 12, the pointed ears 22 which were stamped out of the bodyportion 24 and turned perpendicular thereto, being fixed in the woodenpost 14. The ears 18 are bent in opposite directions out of the plane ofthe body portion 24 so as to receive the ridge 12 into the bottom of theT- slot between the ears before turning the clip to engage the ears oversaid lobes and then fixing it to the wooden post.

Obviously, for any other than a perpendicular relation between members,the ears may be bent accordingly.

As shown in FIG. 3, another form of clip 30 having a body portion 24 isapplied to the ridge 12 of a metal panel 10 supported on a metal beamstructure 26 which has a flange 28 over which the turned ridge 32 at thelower edge of the clip is sprung to anchor the panel 10 to itssupporting beam 26. Clip 30 is obviously made of a material having someresiliency to facilitate springing the ridge 32 over the fiange 28.

The cars 18 may be shaped to accommodate other shaped shoulders offlanged structures, which may be locked to their supporting members bythe use of these anchor clips. For example, cars 18' shown in FIGS. 6, 7and 8 are angularly recessed to accommodate the sides of the triangularridge 34.

The plate or sheet material forming the clip may be made in skeletonform from a stiff wire to conform to the outline of the essential partsof the body and head portions of these clips.

Many other obvious modifications of the ears and attachment meanscomprising these clips may be made without departing from the spirit andscope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A one-piece anchor clip comprising:

a body portion of sheet material having means formed therein forsubstantially rigid attachment to a supporting member, and

a head portion including a planar base section and having a pair ofplanar ears joined to said base section with inturned, opposed endsthereon being spaced apart for mounting over the opposite edges of adouble-edged base structure supported by said member,

said ears being spread apart by being bent outwardly from their bases inopposite directions out of the plane of said base section to open thespacing between their unturned ends so as to facilitate their mountingover the edge portions of said structure by receiving said edges throughsaid spacing between their ends before turning said clip to bring themfreely over said edge portions.

. A one-piece anchor clip comprising:

a formed sheet strip of stifl? material having a body portion with meansformed therein for fixing it to a support member and a planar headportion with a T-slot cut-out therein, the stern of the T openingoutwardly of the free end of said head portion to form a pair of opposedplanar ears with inwardly turned undercut ends,

said ears in their entirety extending out of the plane of said head toopposite sides thereof sufiiciently to facilitate receiving the edgeportions of a doubleedged base of a structure mounted on said support,

said clip being adapted to be freely turned substantially afterreceiving said base edge portions into the top of the T-slot to engagesaid ear ends over said edge portions before fixing the clip to saidsupport member so as to hold the structure firmly clipped to saidsupport member.

3. An anchor clip as defined in claim 2,

at least one pointed ear stamped out of said body portion extendingnormally therefrom to form said attachment means to a wooden supportmember.

4. An anchor clip as defined in claim 2,

said stiff material being resilient and said body portion 3 4- having aturned ridge in the edge portion opposite 2,162,497 6/1939 Barrett287-18935 the head portion for springing over a flange edge on 2,586,3272/ 1952 Haertel 287-18935 the support member, forming said attachmentmeans. 2,605,624 8/ 1952 Halladay 248-227 1,846,010 2/1932 \VOOdingS eta1. 238-330 References Cited UNITED STATES 5 CARL W. TOMLIN, PrimaryExaminer. S V 52 439 R. S. BRITTS, Assistant Examiner.

Seely 287-18935 Preston 287-18935 Faulds 52-485 10 52-489; 85-13;248-217, 300

Loucks 287-18935

